Lincoln leads the 2013 Oscar nominations

Steven Spielberg’s political biopic Lincoln leads the 2013 Oscars race, garnering 12 nominations this morning, and is followed closely by a dark horse no one saw coming.

He is one of the most beloved presidents in history, and now he is the most Oscar-nominated. The presidential biopic Lincoln nabbed 12 Academy Award nominations today, including best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay and acting noms for stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones.

Coming in a close second with a whopping — and surprising — 11 nominations is fantasy adventure Life of Pi, which garnered nods for including best picture, best director for Ang Lee, best adapted screenplay, and several technical nominations.

Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Naomi Watts, Bradley Cooper, Hugh Jackman, and Joaquin Phoenix also have potential to take home a statue.

The complete list of nominees:

Best picture

Amour

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Denzel Washington, Flight

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Best Actress

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, Argo

Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, The Master

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Sally Field, Lincoln

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Behn Zeitlin, Beast of the Southern Wild

Michael Haneke, Amour

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Best Original Screenplay

Amour

Django Unchained

Flight

Moonrise Kingdom

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Adapted Screenplay

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Animated Feature

Brave

Frankenweenie

ParaNorman

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Wreck-It Ralph

Best Foreign-Language Film

Amour

A Royal Affair

No

Kon-Tiki

War Witch

Best Cinematography

Anna Karenina

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Skyfall

Best Costume Design

Anna Karenina

Les Miserables

Lincoln

Mirror Mirror

Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Documentary Feature

5 Broken Cameras

The Gatekeepers

How to Survive a Plague

The Invisible War

Searching for Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short

Inocente

Kings Point

Mondays at Racine

Open Heart

Redemption

Best Film Editing

Argo

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Hitchcock

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Les Miserables

Best Original Score

Anna Karenina

Argo

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Skyfall

Best Original Song

“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice

“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted

“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi

“Skyfall” from Skyfall

“Suddenly” from Les Miserables

Best Production Design

Anna Karenina

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Best Animated Short

Adam and Dog

Fresh Guacamole

Head Over Heels

Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”

Paperman

Best Live Action Short

Asad

Buzkashi Boys

Curfew

Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)

Henry

Best Sound Editing

Argo

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Skyfall

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Sound Mixing

Argo

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Skyfall

Best Visual Effects

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Life of Pi

Marvel’s The Avengers

Prometheus

Snow White and the Huntsman

Watch the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 24, on ABC. Check local listings for times.